Winter's Cumin' Streaming 24' - 61st Street - Seasons One to Two

61st Street is a sleeper hit that now lives on Stan. The second season commenced streaming last July, 4, on Stan, while the series is yet to air in the USA. The CW is set to screen the now dropped AMC series, as part of cost-cutting measures announced in December 2022.

This comes after a solid first season which aired originally in April 2022.

The legal series created by Peter Moffat (Your Honor) begins with Moses Johnson, a promising, black high school athlete, is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system. 

Taken by the police as a supposed gang member, Johnson finds himself and his lawyer Franklin Roberts in the eye of the storm as police and prosecutors seek revenge for the death of an officer during a drug bust gone wrong.

The series stars Courtney B. Vance in the lead role, while also starring Tosin Cole, Bentley Green, Holt McCallany, Aunjanue Ellis, Killian Scott, and Andrene Ward-Hammond, Jerod Haynes and Mark O'Brien as Officer Logan.

The first season goes deep into the death of the officer while season two goes deep into another court case investigating the misconduct of the Chicago Police Department. 

Why AMC decided to ditch this after a solid first season, is beyond me, however it will need to be heavily edited to appear on The CW. With some rather fruity language along the way.

AMV has longed ridden on the coattails of The Walking Dead franchise, with little other programming. Now getting a bump with the Anne Rice novels, with Interview with the Vampire just entering its second season. I am currently watching the seven episode first sexy season, free on ABC iView.

Along with Interview with the Vampire, Mayfair Witches also airs now on the network. Let's hope they continue to branch out a little wider after relying on zombies for way too long now.

Good on Stan though for seeing value in 61st Street. Like The Chi and Shameless before it. We get to see all sides of Chicago. This series however focuses on the mistreatment of black folks in the Chicago suburbs, which was clearly inspired by George Floyd.

The USA is more divided than ever. After watching multiple series from Chicago (including hit series, The Bear) it is a proud city, with multiple issues facing it.

61st Street is way more high brow than the previous LA legal series I binged, Reasonable Doubt, with Courtney B. Vance  delivering a solid leading performance.